Montreal down Canadiens, extend winning streak to 9

“It’s important I take the same approach to every game”, said Price, who has a. 961 save percentage in seven starts this season. He also has two shutouts, and has only allowed more than two goals in a game once. New Jersey hasn’t lost since starting the season 0-3-1.

Another bright spot for the Canadiens is special teams. Now, they still had to win those shootouts, but two years earlier those games would have simply ended in ties. Only one statistic tells the story, he says of individual performance on the penalty kill, and that number doesn’t lie: power-play goals against. The remarkable thing about those three victories is that they only had one goal against combined. Most teams do not have Carey Price in net. They still won the Cup even though Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane combined for only three goals through their first 15 playoff games. Its the fundamental rule of winning hockey games. The additions of Tomas Fleischmann and Alex Semin were good signings for the Canadiens, and they fit nicely into the middle six.

Behind Subban and Markov theres also a nice supporting caste. Nine of their wins over the first 10 games were in regulation with an overtime win over the expansion Florida Panthers in Game No. 8 being the only one in that stretch to not be in regulation.

The bottom line is that every player contributes to the success of the team in a few way. Guys like Torrey Mitchell or Jeff Petry.

Make no mistake, there won’t be a lack of competitive edge. And what has propelled the Habs forward so far in just a short time has been the wonderful play of Pacioretty, Plekanec, Gallagher, Markov, Subban, and Price.

But Prust said he is thankful that he had three successful seasons with the Canadiens.

Can they keep it up? Yea the Habs have the best goaltender in the world, a super strong lineup, and good management.

“They haven’t been stapled to the bench because they’ve made a mistake”. For this instance advanced stats will help answer that question. “When you can put nine, 10 wins together, it makes you believe you can do a lot of things”. “We have 50-something shots and he was unbelievable”.

COYOTES 4, SENATORS 1: In Ottawa, Ontario, Mikkel Boedker scored three goals and Arizona beat Ottawa to snap a four-game losing streak.

FOW%: Canadiens 49.3%, Canucks 54.3%. “Get traffic, look for rebounds”. Sitting at nine games without a loss hasn’t been without a fight.

NOTES: Byron Froese, recalled Friday from the Toronto Marlies, centered the fourth line for the Maple Leafs in his first National Hockey League game…. Meaning that they’re getting excellent goaltending, and are either very lucky with their shots or are just getting very good scoring chances. For instance, a 17.39 zone start% against the Penguins. Most teams aren’t built like the 2012-13 Blackhawks were. Obviously, you don’t see it very often and there are only two teams (that have done it).

For all the dismissals out of the Montreal locker room, there was at least one Canucks player who could see real value in the Canadiens’ start. “I expected something like that at the beginning of the season but not really tonight”.

Our goal is not to break records, it’s to win a Stanley Cup. Sometimes it really is just luck and chance that will win you games.

“It set us up for the rest of the season”, Miller told Kevin Woodley of NHL.com about that run in Buffalo.

What a season this could turn out to be for the newly named captain, Max Pacioretty.